William mclucas



WILLIAM MCLUCAS, OF REINERSVILLE, OEI-IIL Letters Patent No. 74,112, dated February 4, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-PLANTERS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONOERN:

Beit known that I, WILLIAM McLUOAS, of Reinersville, county of Morgan, and State of Ollio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn and Seed-Planters; and I'do hereby declare that the followingis a-full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, and making part of this specification, in whichj Figure 1 is a. longitudinal section.

Figure 2 is a plan view.

Figure 3, sections of the lever-arrangement and hopper.

Fi""gure 4, sections of equivalent feed-valve.

The nature of my invention consists in the combination cfa lever with two valves, operated upon by cogged wheel, and the hopper of any ordinary seed-planter, with trenehing-ploughs to close the drills, and a followingharrow to level and pulverize the ground. The diiculties which accompany most seed-planters grow out of the irregularity of supply lfrom the hopper; hence the hills of corn, or thev drills for cotton, are so4r diverse in the quantities. In my invention this is strictly regulated by the distance of the eogs upon the wheel, which can be made adjustable for different distances of hills, or a separate wheel can be used for each particular distance. rIhe ploughs, which follow the 'seed dropped, immediately cover the grain, and then the roller, with its sharp spines, cuts up the ground and rolls it firmly upon'the s'ced. I l

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and mode of operation. i V

In the drawings, A is theinside of the upper hopper; B isthe lever; C, the partition between upper and lower hopper; D, the lower hopper; E, the wheel; F F, the-plough-beams; G G,the ploughshareis;l H, the

shovel-plough; J, the barrow-roller; K K, the handles; L is a valve, which can be used as equivalent to B; a is the sloping bottom of upper hopper, with a small opening, a; b is the valve-end of the lever B; b1, the upper valve, jointed to the neck of lever B at b3, in iig. 3, by means of a rivet-joint; b2 is the pin which passes through the lever, and is supported in the sides ol' the hopper, and is the fulcrum for the motion of lever B; c is a. small opening inthe division C, between the upper and lower hoppers, and through which the grain passes 5' C is a vertical partition to prevent the grain from slipping on to the lever, and to form a box to hold the definite quantity; d is the outlet of hopper D, just in rear of the shovel-plough, h,- e, the vcogs of wheel Eff, the clevis or hook; g g, the arms by which plcughs-G- G are fastened to plough-stocks F FgJi, the shovel-plough torun the drills;Y jj are arms of roller, fastened, at jj, to the arms gg; lis a slide, made circular, and to fit into the hollow cylinder, L, which has a hole on the bottom side, and the slot in Z at Z is so arranged that when, by. the handle Z, the slide Zis pulled out, the slot comes over the hole in L, and thus permits a certain number of seed to drop, and when the wheel moves the slide back, or a. spring can be arranged to return it, the supply is cut oif.

The arrangements are so simple that the description ofthe drawings will fully explain the operation. `The valve acts similarly to those in an ordinary shot-pouch. When the machine is at rest, the corn or other seed in the hopper will settle into the lower part of the upper hopper, andrestnpou the lowcr valve. WhenV the wheel is put in motion, the cog will lift up the end of the lever and withdraw the lower valve, but, at the 'same time, slide in the upper valve, and only permit the requisite number of grains to drop into the lower hopper, and from thence tothe ground. When the cog has passed, the weighted arrn immediately drops and closes the lower orilce, and opens the upper for a fresh supply. The drill-shovel plough opens the furrow, the seed is dropped regularly into it, and the covcring-ploughs follow and cover the seed, the roller-barrow then pulverizes, levels, and rolls the ground smoothly upon thc seed. i

Having thus described my invention and mode of operation, what'I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States, is

1. The combination of a lever, B, with its valves, b and b", operated by a wheel, E, with seed-hopper A and D, all substantially as described. f

2. In combination with the foregoing, the ploughshares G- G, and barrow-roller g, substantially as and y for the purpose specified. i

In testimonywhereol have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM MCLUCAS.

Witnesses:

Eminem BIRCH, GEO. BIRCH. 

